CMES Tunisia is delighted to present: "The Adventures of Coffee, From Yemen to Istanbul to London, with a Stopover in North Africa: Where Does the Story of Modernity Begin?" a lecture by...
Third Floor, Immeuble Slim, Rue de l’Euro, Les Berges du Lac – Tunis
CMES Tunisia is proud to present a lecture by Gülru Necipoğlu, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art at Harvard University, Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture and Editor of Muqarnas, an Annual...
CMES Tunisia presents a lecture on the perception, the construction and the patrimonialisation of Berber heritage in contemporary Tunisia. This talk is given by Neila Saadi, Assistant Professor at the CREDIF.
As part of its 'Ask a Historian' Lecture Series, CMES Tunisia presents a scholarly discussion with Kmar Bendana, Professor of History at the University of Manouba, on Abdelaziz Thaalbi's life, work and trial. This discussion will be moderated by Laura Thompson, PhD candidate at Harvard University. Questions will highlight less-known aspects of Thaalbi's political, intellectual and personal life: What do we know about the founder of the Destour Party (1920), today? How was this national figure peceived in post-Independance Tunisia and...
As part of its film discussion series, CMES Tunisia invites you to start the New Year with a discussion about dictator nostalgia and anti-nostalgia, by featuring: 7 Lives,...
CMES Tunisia Office, 3rd Floor, Immeuble Slim, Rue de l’Euro, Les Berges du Lac II, Tunis
The Tunisia Office of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University organizes a panel discussion on “Heritage Revival in The Medina of Tunis”. The speakers on this panel are: Leila Ben Gacem (Ashoka Fellow, cultural entrepreneur), Anas...
A presentaion by Margaux Fitoussi, MTS candidate at Harvard Divinity School, in conjunction with a photography exhibition, film screening, and round table discussion on the historical Hara of Tunis.
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